14 August 2017 | Kohala Mountains, Hawaii

Daughter’s boyfriend, an archaeologist, wanted to visit the Mo’okini heiau, which is a sacred ceremonial site, probably used for human sacrifice. It dates from the 5th century and is one of the oldest sites in the Hawaiian Islands.

13 August 2017 | Volcano National Park, Hawaii

We went up the road from Pohoiki on the south coast to rendezvous with my two brothers, then continued on the main highway to Kea'au, then turned left up the mountain. The road goes up the north shoulder of Mauna Loa, considered the largest mountain in the world based on mass. On its flank is Kilaeua, [...]

13 August 2017 | Kalapana, Ka'u, Hawaii

Here is a link to an album on flickr of photos taken on the road to Kapoho, then to Pohoiki, then to Kalapana, back to Pohoiki to board a boat for lava viewing where the lava pours into the steaming ocean.

11 August 2017 | Kalapana, Hawaii

Our stay at Kahala came to a close and we flew to Hilo on the Big Island. Here I had two brothers and a sister and their families. Here my parents are buried, so it is also a pilgrimage to see their grave.

Time and Tide Under Crane

16 April 2017 | St. Marys, GA

Capn Andy/Warm Spring

Here is another attempt at a vertical panorama. It’s Richard and Gill’s catamaran getting craned up a bit so that the blocking underneath can be lowered. Then the crane will lower the catamaran and soon a transporter that lifts the catamaran by its underdeck will pick it back up again and bring it over near the water where the crane will lift it again and launch it.
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The rest of the pictures taken of this operation are here:
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/8728395@N03/albums/72157682584380426
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There was a question of the use of spreaders in the crane’s hoist. Spreaders are long rods that hold the hoisting straps apart so the straps don’t crush the hull. In this hoist, and all others done at the boatyard, spreaders aren’t used. From the photos you can see that the extreme height of the crane puts the hoisting straps far enough apart that they have almost no compression of the hull.